2008 Mini Challenge UK

2008 Mini Challenge UK

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The 2008 Mini Challenge season was the seventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 27 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit ^[1] and ended on 28 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway. ^[2] The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	26–27 April	All	3
2	Pembrey Circuit	10–11 May	All	4
3	Croft Circuit	14–15 June	All	2
4	Castle Combe	19–20 July	All	3
5	Donington Park	2–3 August	All	3
6	Brands Hatch	24–25 August	All	2
7	Rockingham Motor Speedway	27–28 September	All	3

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Cooper S Class
Maximum Motorsport	2	Gary Kounnis	All
	3	Steve Woods	1
	5	Stewart Lines	1, 3-5
Coastal Racing	6	Jake Packun	1-6
	9	James Williams	1-6
		Carl Bradley	7
	23	Chris Panayiotou	3-7
	69	Ant Scragg	All
Forster Motorsport	7	Arthur Forster	1-6
		Steve Meli	7
	8	Joachim Ritter	2
		Andrew Bailey	4-7
	12	Jack Stanford	All
	30	Martin Depper	All
	66	Steve Liquorish	All
Mini Motorsport	14	Shaun King	4-5
Advent Motorsport	16	Mark Drury	5
OX4 Racing	51	Richard Miller	5-6
Redline Racing	77	Jason Greatrex	1
Malvern Motorsport	99	Andy Beever	1-6
Cooper Class
Advent Motorsport	4	Antony Williams	All
	15	Chris Mohan	1
		Kristian White	3
	17	Joel Wroe-Johnson	1-2
	93		3-7
	19	Sarah Parsons	All
	20	Graham Parsons	All
	42	Dawn Boyd	All
	76	Peter Slevin	1, 7
		Arthur Williams	2
		Tim Crighton	3-4
Privateer	10	Michelle Nixon	1-6
Privateer	18	Nina-Jo Atkinson	All
Privateer	22	Rebecca Nuttall	1-2
Robershaw Racing	31	Keith Issatt	All
Privateer	33	Craig Dawson	4-7
Waddington Motorsport	35	Josh Waddington	All
	79	Aston Blake	All
Mark Fish Motorsport	65	Jason Richardson	5-7

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 15 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position and Fastest Lap.

Championship Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Cooper S Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			PEM				CRO		CAS			DON			BHI		ROC			Pts
1	Martin Depper	2	2	1	1	2	4	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	3	5	1	Ret	2	2	2	331
2	Jack Stanford	1	1	3	6	3	8	3	2	3	2	2	2	5	5	1	3	1	1	1	1	330
3	Jake Packun	10	5	4	2	4	2	1	1	1	6	12	8	3	1	2	2	Ret				232
4	Andy Beever	5	4	5	4	7	3	5	4	5	8	9	9	6	2	4	10	3				192
5	Steve Liquorish	9	9	9	8	8	5	4	7	6	9	8	11	8	8	8	8	6	4	6	4	178
6	Ant Scragg	4	3	Ret	9	5	6	Ret	5	4	Ret	5	10	4	9	3	Ret	2	5	7	DNS	169
7	Gary Kounnis	6	7	8	5	6	10	7	Ret	DNS	11	3	5	7	4	10	5	5	7	Ret	5	164
8	Arthur Forster	3	Ret	2	3	1	1	9	Ret	DNS	1	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret				135
9	James Williams	8	10	7	7	9	7	6	8	Ret	4	11	4	Ret	10	9	4	9				130
10	Chris Panayiotou								9	8	10	7	7	9	6	11	6	4	6	8	DNS	102
11	Shaun King										7	4	6	1	Ret	6						62
12	Stewart Lines	Ret	Ret	Ret					6	7	5	6	Ret	12	13	7						56
13	Andrew Bailey										Ret	10	Ret	10	7	12	7	7	Ret	5	Ret	54
14	Steve Meli																		3	3	3	46
15	Steve Wood	7	8	6																		27
16	Joachim Ritter				10	10	9	9														27
17	Richard Miller													11	11	14	9	8				27
18	Jason Greatrex	11	6	DNS																		15
19	Carl Bradley																		DNS	4	DNS	13
20	Mark Drury													Ret	12	13						7

Cooper Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			PEM				CRO		CAS			DON			BHI		ROC			Pts
1	Graham Parsons	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	5	5	7	273
2	Keith Issatt	3	1	2	2	1	Ret	9	1	3	6	3	3	6	DSQ	10	7	4	4	4	5	247
3	Josh Waddington	4	6	9	5	4	5	10	3	4	10	7	5	2	5	3	4	9	3	2	1	240
4	Joel Wroe-Johnson	6	2	4	1	2	3	3	9	11	3	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	6	2	3	2	228
5	Antony Williams	1	5	1	7	7	Ret	4	7	9	5	6	4	3	3	4	2	2	7	Ret	Ret	226
6	Aston Blake	DNS	3	8	6	9	2	6	Ret	7	4	12	8	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	3	193
7	Michelle Nixon	5	4	3	3	3	1	2	10	8	8	9	Ret	8	6	8	Ret	7				170
8	Craig Dawson										Ret	4	6	4	1	1	3	1	1	1	4	168
9	Sarah Parsons	7	7	5	DNS	5	7	5	4	6	7	8	Ret	7	Ret	DNS	9	12	9	8	9	142
10	Dawn Boyd	9	Ret	7	4	6	6	Ret	8	12	9	10	Ret	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	142
11	Nina-Jo Atkinson	11	10	11	8	10	9	8	11	10	Ret	11	7	10	Ret	Ret	10	11	11	11	11	102
12	Tim Crighton								5	1	2	2	2									84
13	Peter Slevin	8	9	6															10	10	10	43
14	Jason Richardson													Ret	8	9	Ret	10	Ret	9	8	36
15	Arthur Williams				9	8	8	7														32
16	Kristian White								6	5												21
17	Chris Mohan	10	8	10																		27
18	Rebecca Nuttall	12	11	Ret	10	11	Ret	DNS														20

References

1. "The Season Starts". Archived from the original on December 20, 2008.
2. "The MINI Challenge arrives at Rockingham". Archived from the original on December 18, 2008.